Shang rulers relied on a large corps of political allies.* The shang state rested on vast networks of walled towns whose local rulers recognized the authority of shang kings.* During the course of the dynasty the Shang kings may have controlled one thousand or more towns.
Empires
As agriculture population expanded and villages and towns fluorished throughout the yellow river and yangzi valley.
Originally the the settlements looked after themselves and organized local states that maintained order in small teritories
Nations and nationalism
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Revolts and revolutions
The rulers fought to control the peasents
The chinese and the nomadic peasents always had tense relations.
They offten engaded in bitter wars
Regional, transregional, and global structures and organizations
State-building, expansion and conflict
Civilization:
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